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Jasiiiincariini. Boisd. a. Lee. Size large, gray: 

 the forewings crossed by wavy lines, and witli darker, brown 

 shadings, and smoky brown, shaded secondaries. Rarely 

 found in Middle States ; Long Island (Hulst) ; not common 

 in the South and one of the rarer species of the family. 



l>olba. Walk. 



A smaller form than those with which it is here associ- 

 ated, yet agreeing in some respects with Daremma and 

 standing between it and PMegetliontins; the head is small, 

 though free, and roughly scaled ; the tongue longer than the 

 body. The abdomen is somewhat conical and peculiar in shape ; 

 the segments armed with round spinules ; the tibiae unarmed ; 

 the thorax approaches by its shape that of Phlegetlwntins, 

 and in colors the single species has a slight resemblance to 

 P. rustica. 



Hylaeus. Drury. (Prini Abb. a. Sm.) Dark rusty 

 brown; thorax white on the sides; abdomen with a row of 

 lateral white spots ; beneath white ; forewings dark rust} 7 

 brown, with a white spot at base and one on disk, crossed 

 by dark brown lines and with an apical white shading; 

 hindwings dark smoky brown crossed by two dentate white 

 lines ; fringes checkered, white and brown. Lan-a on Ilex, 

 Papaw (Asiminia triloba), perhaps (Scudder) on Sweet Fern. 

 Not rare in certain localities. Canada to Gulf States, rather 

 more usual in the South. June, July. 



Phlegetlioiitiiis. Hiibn. 



Large species of an iron gray color with large, brightly 

 colored spots on the side of the abdomen, yellow or rose 

 color ; the species are Southern except P. celeus: it is probable 

 that the European concolntli belongs here and not to the 

 genus Spltm.r. Thorax with particolored metathoracic tufts. 

 The tongue exceeds the body ; the head is prominent, large ; 

 eyes salient; antennae fusiform ending in a slight seta; 

 abdomen with the segments armed with round spinules ; 

 tibiae unarmed ; wings ample, entire. Larva with a thick 

 caudal horn, pupating in the ground ; pupa with the tongue 



